Major Amendment To The Public Procurement Act 30 Dec 2013

The Czech Public Procurement Act¹ will be amended as of 1 January 2014. The aim of the Amendment is to minimise the weaknesses identified in the current application of the Act and to further simplify, clarify, and streamline the public procurement process and enhance its transparency. The purpose of the Amendment is also to incorporate into Czech law changes in EU law in the field of public procurement.

Compulsory procedure thresholds

The Amendment increases the current financial thresholds for small-scale public contracts (now CZK 1 million without VAT for public supply and service contracts, or CZK 3 million without VAT for public works contracts) to the amount of CZK 2 million without VAT for public supply and service contracts, or CZK 6 million without VAT for public works contracts. In practice, this means reducing the administrative burden while allowing greater flexibility in awarding smaller  public contracts. However, the limit of CZK 10 million without